482 Srimad-Bhagavatam

astame merudevyam tu
nabher jata urukramah

darsayan vartma dhirdnam
sarvasrama-namaskrtam

“Lord Visnu appeared in the eighth incarnation as the son of Maharaja
Nabhi [the son of Agnidhra] and his wife Merudevi. He showed the path
of perfection, the paramaharnsa stage of life, which is worshiped by all
the followers of varnasrama-dharma.” Rsabhadeva is the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, and His body is spiritual (sac-cid-dnanda-vigraha).
Therefore one might ask how it might be possible that he passed stool
and urine. The Gaudiya vedanta dcdrya Baladeva Vidyabhisana has
replied to this question in his book known as Siddhanta-ratna (First Por-
tion, texts 65-68). Imperfect men call attention to Rsabhadeva’s passing
stool and urine as a subject matter for the study of nondevotees, who do
not understand the spiritual position of a transcendental body. In this
Fifth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.6.11) the illusioned and
bewildered state of the materialists of this age is fully described.
Elsewhere in Fifth Canto (5.5.19) Rsabhadeva stated, idarm sariram
mama durvibhdvyam: “This body of Mine is inconceivable for

materialists.”” This is also confirmed by Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita
(9.11):

avajananti mam midha
manusim tanum asritam

param bhavam ajdnanto
mama bhita-mahesvaram

“Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know
My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.”
The human form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is extremely
difficult to understand, and, in fact, for a common man it is inconceiv-
able. Therefore Rsabhadeva has directly explained that His own body
belongs to the spiritual platform. This being so. Rsabhadeva did not ac-
tually pass stool and urine. Even though He superficially seemed to pass
stool and urine, that was also transcendental and cannot be imitated by
